Saporski, Sebastian Edmund
Engineer. Called the father of Polish immigration in Brazil. Born in Upper Silesia, Poland. Founder of many settlements for Polish immigrants in Brazil: built highways, railroads and regulated the Brazil's rivers. Founded the first Polish paper "Gazeta Polska" in Brazil. Died in 1934 in Curitiba, Brazil.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943